Jag skulle alldeles nyss leta reda på en adress i Gamla Stan, och använde karttjänsten hos Hitta.se och blev grymt imponerad. Det ser ut som om Hitta.se har skickat ut någon att fotografera varenda port i hela Stockholm. Och inte nog med det, man får se hur det ser ut till vänster och till höger […]
Archives for oktober 2005
Antipiratbyrån skrämmer filätare
Tro det eller ej, men den här insändaren var faktiskt publicerad i Gefle Dagblad den 18 oktober 2005: Texten, för den som inte kan läsa bilder: Antipiratbyrån fördyrar maten Nu blir jag upprörd! Min sambo och jag brukar ibland äta flingor och fil till frukost. Vi samsas då om ett paket fil. Nu måste vi […]
I Go Chop Your Dollars
Did you know there is a Nigerian top hit named I Go Chop Your Dollar? It’s hugely popular in Lagos, and hit the Lagos radio stations a few months ago as a CD penned by an artist called Osofia (his real name might or might not be Nkem Owoh. It’s as catchy as Nigerian music […]
FBI busts spam king Alan Ralsky
Now official news! Last week the unsealing of warrants revealed that agents in September seized computers, laptops, financial records and disks from the 8,000-square-foot home of Alan M. Ralsky. The $750,000 West Bloomfield mini-mansion was built off profits from the 100 million electronic offers for everything from Botox to mortgages that Ralsky sends every day. […]
Attorney General Tom Reilly Shuts down Spam King Leo Kuvayev
10/15 2005 – It isn’t easy being a spam king these days. The other day reports came in that spam king #1, Alan Ralsky is in bad trouble. Todays anti-spam news are even more promising in some ways. According to the official website of Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly, spam king #2 Leo Kuvayev and […]
Edward Lugard (or Luggard)
I just cannot understand why the type of scammers sending out these 419 type of email scams make all the small mistakes like in the below. They haven’t even managed to get the name right. In the from field, it’s spelled Luggard, but in the text and the reply-to address it’s Lugard. And why did […]
Mrs Susan Buwala, Zimbabwe and Sudan
How bad would it have to get before you would ask a complete stranger in a far away country for help in lifting 12.5 million Dollars from the bank? I know that life is really bad for most people on Zimbabwe. I actually grew up there, and my parents are still in contact with friends […]
Graham Lee wants to be contacted ASAP
Another do-gooder spam scam. This time allegedly from an aging Brittish citizen, hospitalized in Dubay. It’s another one of those wellfare scams where a formerly greedy businessman wants our help to give away their life savings to good causes. I think the idea is to wake the plan to grab the money for myself, and […]
419eater.com in BBC News
Reverse scamming, or scam baiting is a dangerous pass time, but can be rather fun, at leas at 419eater.com. The scambaiters over at 419eater.com are doing a great job at scamming any 419 scammer they can get their hands on. I have followed them with interest, even though I’m not one of those with enough […]
What on earth is a machant?
10/15 2005 – FROM MR wood frank, This scammer seems to have gotten hold of a form mail with markers like {insert name here} and {insert title here}. The guy sending out this particularly spammy and badly written scam spam has made som many mistakes that I just cannot believe that anybody can fall for […]